If you aren't using the World Water Week App, you're missing out. BIG TIME!

Mike Flacy I was a bit skeptical when I first heard that there is now an app created specifically for the World Water Week in Stockholm this year. With the millions of apps already in the world for everything, I asked myself why I would need an app that I would use for only a week, or even shorter?...

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Lessons from the 2014 World Water Week

Last week, I had the awesome opportunity to attend and participate in the 2014 Stockholm World Water Week. Without doubt, it is one of the biggest event of the year for people in the water sector so for a novice like me, it was a huge dream come true. This year’s theme was “Water and Energy” and...

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How can we improve our civil service?

When I was an undergraduate student at Makerere University, private companies like MTN, Halliburton, Total E&P, Delloite, EY, Rift Valley Railways, PWC and KPMG would come and do recruitment drives towards the end of every academic year. Of course you had to have a top class degree (expected)...

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Living with the end in mind

I read a book by Joshua Harris (I Kissed Dating Goodbye) in which he mentioned a few things to consider when looking for a suitable spouse. Commenting on the preeminence of character over beauty, he wrote that in his youthful days, whenever he felt attracted to a particular lady, he asked himself...

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7 things I learnt at the Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry

Approximately one year ago, I had the rare opportunity of joining a 1600-strong global network of professionals, leaders and business people together with 106 other interns from over 50 different countries in the 2013 edition of the Global Village for FutureLeaders of Business and Industry (GV)...

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